Contact and joining

Synonyms for tamp

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · verb

The senseverbTier 4, High CampContact and joining

press down tightly

Tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

pack

Same sentence, swapped: Pack the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for tamp as it is used in the sentence above.

prod
jolt
nudge

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Closest first: other contact and joining words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

sloshverbslushspill or splash copiously or clumsilyHigh Camp smearverbdaubcover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over itHigh CampHas a reason line trimadjective, verbshipshapecharacterized by order and neatnessHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line scoreverbmarkassign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluationFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line scourverbabraderub hard or scrubSummitHas a reason line scuffleverbtusslefight or struggle in a confused way at close quartersHigh CampHas a reason line blastingadjectiveruinouscausing injury or blightHigh CampHas a reason line blendverbmixmix together different elementsTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line

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